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. >> under the constitution . united states. we have the equal right to vote period. military people get more acess to vote than other people. ben, you talked two minutes and then you have a chance to speak and respond. the law is simple. everyone has the right to vote. what secretary of state john houston did in ohio. he set up a system where by a conservative white town has more acess to voting booths and not the blacky counties. poll workers tell you to vote in the wrong place they can throw the ballots. democrats say you should vote. and third and most important thing. let me finish. you are not going to let me finish. >> i am going to let you finish and then jump in. >> this was confirmed if you didn't want black to vote on the sunday before the election. a lot of africa-american who work in the week go after church and vote. they did it in ohio for years . the question is people who have the right to vote. >> let me jump in here in a response. go ahead mark. >> it is a classic example of the white house and what they do. they try to claim voters suppression . th
. >> under the constitution . united states. we have the equal right to vote period. military people get more acess to vote than other people. ben, you talked two minutes and then you have a chance to speak and respond. the law is simple. everyone has the right to vote. what secretary of state john houston did in ohio. he set up a system where by a conservative white town has more acess to voting booths and not the blacky counties. poll workers tell you to vote in the wrong place they can...
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and that's why i'm running for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] you see, you see, we democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. we measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage, whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. we measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when bill clinton was president-- [cheers and applause] when the average american family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of go down $2,000, like it has under george bush. [applause] we measure the strength of our economy not by the number of billionaires we have or the profits of the fortune 500, but by whether someone with a good idea can take a risk and start a new business, or whether the waitress who lives on tips can take a day off and look after a sick kid without losing her job, an economy that honors the dignity of work. the fundamentals we use to measure economic strength
and that's why i'm running for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] you see, you see, we democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. we measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage, whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. we measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when bill clinton was...
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was the president born in the united states? under our constitution he has to be born here to be president. ohio republican primary voters, people who voted already this year, 37% don't think barack obama was born here. just 2 in 5 say the president was american born and, therefore, a legitimate president. when you ask the president's religion, this gets scary. a majority of all voters don't take him at his word. just 49%. this is all voters, say he's a christian, which is what he says he is. and 30% of republicans and 34% of conservative republicans say obama is a muslim. simple as that. now, here's the point, these bad numbers, saying it twice wrong, these 34%, they're twice what they were four years ago. when he came in people took him at face value. this guy is what he says he is. i'm american born, obviously. i got a whole history, it was announced when i was born in honolulu, in all the papers there, and i am what i am, a christian. i go to this church that caused him a lot of trouble. do we remember that? he went to a chu
was the president born in the united states? under our constitution he has to be born here to be president. ohio republican primary voters, people who voted already this year, 37% don't think barack obama was born here. just 2 in 5 say the president was american born and, therefore, a legitimate president. when you ask the president's religion, this gets scary. a majority of all voters don't take him at his word. just 49%. this is all voters, say he's a christian, which is what he says he is....
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of the united states has the same right to vote. we have the right to vote. we cannot have any state that is suppressing anyone's right to vote based on race or gender. and one would think that would be enough. and that's why we're seeing the courts strike down these really crazy laws. but surely we need some more federal intervention as it's very clear that we do. i think we have to do something to reel these republicans in keep them from throwing so much into the system to bialek shuns, and get federal elections in place to keep them from disenfranchising people of color. >> jennifer: absolutely. in florida a judge struck down their voter id law. that voter id law in florida, shocking how much impact it has had. because in democratic registration was down 95%. whereas republican registration was up by a third. it was a stunning amount of disparity. >> rules have results. >> jennifer: what would democrats do? >> go out and double their efforts to voters vote early, you don't need an id that you have to speak out against this injust
of the united states has the same right to vote. we have the right to vote. we cannot have any state that is suppressing anyone's right to vote based on race or gender. and one would think that would be enough. and that's why we're seeing the courts strike down these really crazy laws. but surely we need some more federal intervention as it's very clear that we do. i think we have to do something to reel these republicans in keep them from throwing so much into the system to bialek shuns, and...
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think of cases that have interpreted the constitution of the united states around equal rights and so when we talk about the importance of the presidency it's certainly about the economic issues of that nature. but this could have impacts for hundreds of years. >> i do have to ask this question. there's going to be 28 women paraded on the stage tonight to talk about the power of the republican party. >> we only have 17% of women in congress. we only have 17 women senators, we only have six governors who are women we still have a very long way to go and when the house of representatives is having a hearing about access to birth control and the first panel is devoid of a woman, women women's voices aren't being heard. >> ifill: thank you both, one of those women is on the floor right now, that's congresswoman nidia valasquez of new york. >> i am proud to speak to you as a hispanic american. as a proud latina and a puerto rican. (cheers and applause) from being the first in my family to attend college to becoming the first latina to chair a full congressional committee in congress, my st
think of cases that have interpreted the constitution of the united states around equal rights and so when we talk about the importance of the presidency it's certainly about the economic issues of that nature. but this could have impacts for hundreds of years. >> i do have to ask this question. there's going to be 28 women paraded on the stage tonight to talk about the power of the republican party. >> we only have 17% of women in congress. we only have 17 women senators, we only...
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i want barack obama to come the next president of the united states. >> i can't. i already served my two terms. i get what you're saying, man. just the constitution is what it -- oh, you mean -- oh, okay. buying this juicer online was unbelievable. what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but bounty gives you value you can see. in this lab demo, one sheet of bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. so you can clean this mess with half as many sheets. bounty has trap and lock technology to soak up big spills and lock them in. why use more when you can use less? bounty. the clean picker upper. the economy needs manufacturing. machines, tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, energy. we need to get the wheels turning. i'm proud of that. making real things...
i want barack obama to come the next president of the united states. >> i can't. i already served my two terms. i get what you're saying, man. just the constitution is what it -- oh, you mean -- oh, okay. buying this juicer online was unbelievable. what a bargain! [ female announcer ] sometimes a good deal turns out to be not such a good deal. but bounty gives you value you can see. in this lab demo, one sheet of bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary...
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very rarely does the president even begin the conversation for a constitutional amendment. it's a fantastic thing. it's the suspension of the calling out of supreme court of his state of the union address. i hope the democratic party will embrace this. at the end of the day, if we want to talk seriously about money in politics, we're going to have to amend our constitution to say free speech is for people, not conferenrpor. >> tremendous grassroots energy around and i'm always struck when i talk to people how much it looms. and one of the things i think that's been a little lost as we talk about the superpac, most of the money now, superpacs in the primaries, shifting to the dark money now. at least super pacs have reporting requirements. the reason we know how much money sheldon gave to newt gingrich, he had to report because it was a super pac. i would like to thank my guests today. thank you for joining us. we'll be back next weekend, saturday, sunday at 8:00, eastern time with coverage of the democratic national convention. i will be part of the coverage. coming up meli
very rarely does the president even begin the conversation for a constitutional amendment. it's a fantastic thing. it's the suspension of the calling out of supreme court of his state of the union address. i hope the democratic party will embrace this. at the end of the day, if we want to talk seriously about money in politics, we're going to have to amend our constitution to say free speech is for people, not conferenrpor. >> tremendous grassroots energy around and i'm always struck when...
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just four years ago the united states supreme court said that voter i.d. is perfectly constitutional for indiana. why is it that indiana should be able to have voter i.d. but texas is denied voter i.d.? this is exactly why we think the united states supreme court will take this case because we should live under one constitution that applies the same rules for all states. >> shannon: what are the plans for filing the appeal in the case? >> we have to follow back up with the d.c. here are in the next couple of weeks to finalize our paper work with regard to our challenge to the preapproval component of the voting rights act. here is the deal. texas unlike, indiana, and her states has to have the new you voter rules like voter i.d. preapproved before they can go into effect. the united states supreme court signald that the preapproval component of the voting rights act may be subject to being striken down so we are sending up the paper work to appeal that also to the supreme court and then later on this fall we will file all of the paper work with the united
just four years ago the united states supreme court said that voter i.d. is perfectly constitutional for indiana. why is it that indiana should be able to have voter i.d. but texas is denied voter i.d.? this is exactly why we think the united states supreme court will take this case because we should live under one constitution that applies the same rules for all states. >> shannon: what are the plans for filing the appeal in the case? >> we have to follow back up with the d.c. here...
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and i said, i'm chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, armed forces of the united states, and i live in a system in which my constitution was he doesn't trust me. and i said we'd my constitution. they only give me money for a limited period of time and then i had to go back and ask for more. they even made in the constitution that would provide for and maintain a navy since we were a maritime power. we want a strong navy all the time. but we will raise and support armies, meaning will only raise them when we need them. when we don't need them, get rid of them. so the pressure was always on to make sure we would never become too large militarily, or responsibilities change and we still have the largest force in the world because of our responsibilities. but the other point i made to him is all of you in your in command of soldiers. you can order soldiers to do something. i cannot order a single american soldier to do anything. in a combat situation and less it has been approved by the secretary of defense and the president. i would have it no other way. that's our system. and i'm glad
and i said, i'm chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, armed forces of the united states, and i live in a system in which my constitution was he doesn't trust me. and i said we'd my constitution. they only give me money for a limited period of time and then i had to go back and ask for more. they even made in the constitution that would provide for and maintain a navy since we were a maritime power. we want a strong navy all the time. but we will raise and support armies, meaning will only...
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a muslim mob brutalizes and murders an ambassador, a representative of the united states of america to disgrace him and to disgrace us. they would murder us and brutalize us too, all of us, and our government reacts by shuddering and shaking and wondering about the consequences of our first amendment. it blames an incons croatian consequential -- it blames an inconsequential fool, a film maker, for the venom in another part of the world. god, help us. well, another line from macbeth. "me thinks i hear a voice." we thinks we hear a>nk i%conse "it is disgraceful that the response was not to condemn attacks but to sympathize with those who wage the attacks." mitt romney. [cheers and applause] >> whatever wording or parsing may want to bring up. may one want to suggest it is an improvement on his remarks. his words had a shock effect, didn't they? they had the shock effect because they were true. when they are condemned so broadly, so almost universally among the establishment press, it is likely that they are true. [cheers and applause] these were true for another reason. what he said, le
a muslim mob brutalizes and murders an ambassador, a representative of the united states of america to disgrace him and to disgrace us. they would murder us and brutalize us too, all of us, and our government reacts by shuddering and shaking and wondering about the consequences of our first amendment. it blames an incons croatian consequential -- it blames an inconsequential fool, a film maker, for the venom in another part of the world. god, help us. well, another line from macbeth. "me...
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here in the united states countless publications provoke offense. like me the majority of americans are christian and yet we do not ban blasphemy against our most sacred beliefs. as president of our country, and commander in chief of our military i accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and i will always defend their right to do so. [applause] >> americans have fought and died around the globe to protect the right of all people to express their views, even views that we profoundly disagree with. we do not do so because we support hateful speech, but because our founders understood that without such protections the capacity of each individual express their own views and practice their own faith may be threatened. we do so because in a diverse society efforts to restrict speech can quickly become a tool to silence critics and oppress minorities. we do so because given the power of faith in our lives, and the passion, the religious differences can inflame, the strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression, it is mor
here in the united states countless publications provoke offense. like me the majority of americans are christian and yet we do not ban blasphemy against our most sacred beliefs. as president of our country, and commander in chief of our military i accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and i will always defend their right to do so. [applause] >> americans have fought and died around the globe to protect the right of all people to express their views, even views...
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states of america. congratulations, mr. president. congratulations, america. and on november 6th, we will reelect you to lead our nation forward. >> dictated in the constitution, our founding documents, the sound of cool and the gang. now we are over the top. that's exactly right. our sacred honor. kool and the gang celebration and the video screen, the video animation in the jumbo tron there is because we put the president over the top of nominees, excuse me, votes he needs to properly secure the nomination. that's why mississippi is going after ohio even though they had previously been in alphabetical order. mississippi passed so that ohio could have that moment in the spotlight. ohio, obviously, critical swing state in this election and every election. we'll be right back. it is msnbc's live coverage of the democratic national which now officially has a nominee. impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we under
states of america. congratulations, mr. president. congratulations, america. and on november 6th, we will reelect you to lead our nation forward. >> dictated in the constitution, our founding documents, the sound of cool and the gang. now we are over the top. that's exactly right. our sacred honor. kool and the gang celebration and the video screen, the video animation in the jumbo tron there is because we put the president over the top of nominees, excuse me, votes he needs to properly...
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states. [cheers and applause] we are at our core conservatives in the best sense of the word. ment thoughtful, responsible with public resources and respectful of personal freedom and we're liberal in the best sense of the word. we believe that government can and should be an instrument for the greater good. and although my former party has hijacked the term, there's really nothing conservative about today's republican party. no. [cheers and applause] in fact, there's no room there for traditional conservatives like us. but i am proud to say that in my friend, president. barack, we've found a -- president. -- president barack obama we've found a friend who holds these principles dear. we love this land. we believe in steward ship protecting our air and water because despite what big business and this party would have you believe destroying these precious resources will cost us far more in the future than preserving them now. second, we believe in personal freedom. we do not want the governmen
states. [cheers and applause] we are at our core conservatives in the best sense of the word. ment thoughtful, responsible with public resources and respectful of personal freedom and we're liberal in the best sense of the word. we believe that government can and should be an instrument for the greater good. and although my former party has hijacked the term, there's really nothing conservative about today's republican party. no. [cheers and applause] in fact, there's no room there for...
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ready to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. barack obama is ready to be president of the united states. he will work for an america with more partners and fewer adversaries. he will rebuild our frayed alliances and revitalize the international institutions which help to share the costs of the world's problems and to leverage our power and influence. he will put us back in the forefront of the world's fight to reduce nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and to stop global warming. he will continue and enhance our nation's global leadership in an area in which i am deeply involved, the fight against aids, tb and malaria, including a renewal of the battle against hiv/aids here at home. he will choose diplomacy first and military force as a last resort. but in a world troubled by terror, by trafficking in weapons, drugs and people, by human rights abuses, by other threats to our security, our interests, and our values, when he cannot convert adversaries into partners, he will stand up to them. barack obama also will not allow
ready to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. barack obama is ready to be president of the united states. he will work for an america with more partners and fewer adversaries. he will rebuild our frayed alliances and revitalize the international institutions which help to share the costs of the world's problems and to leverage our power and influence. he will put us back in the forefront of the world's fight to reduce nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and...
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states. >> woodruff: mark shields and draifd brooks were with us last weak in tampa and they are here with us in charlotte. what does this line up tonight say to you what the democrats, what barack obama wants to accomplish. >> michelle obama isç obviously the mostç interesting one. just as romney needed to be, still president obama needs to be humanized a little. he's a bit ensue her. motivation behind healthcare and the turmoil to do a lot of things; even though the overall rates is high and has been phenomenally favorable, the favorable or unfavorable rated has shifted quite significantly. an abc pofl has obama's unfavorability among women going up by 11 poifnts while romney's favorability was going up by seven. it shifted in a republican direction even if the overall number is not. >> ifill: which are the faces we're going to see on the stain tonight. >> that's right gwen. michelle obama is most important. the two most popular figures in the democratic party are michelle obama and bil
states. >> woodruff: mark shields and draifd brooks were with us last weak in tampa and they are here with us in charlotte. what does this line up tonight say to you what the democrats, what barack obama wants to accomplish. >> michelle obama isç obviously the mostç interesting one. just as romney needed to be, still president obama needs to be humanized a little. he's a bit ensue her. motivation behind healthcare and the turmoil to do a lot of things; even though the overall...
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states. no, they don't specifically transfer. if the president jumps nationally doesn't mean he's jumping in those states. but you can't move the numbers throughout the poll like these numbers have moved without florida, ohio, north carolina. those three stailt states are in the top ten states in terms of population. it's impossible for the president not to be improving in those lower values. romney insists some of these will fade. they insist it will fade some. but these numbers are alarm figure you're in the romney campaign, national numbers. the key test is when we see the state polls. >> you heard some of romney's pollsters suggesting that this was a sugar high for the democrats and it really is not going to have any long-term impact. >> romney is running out of opportunities to put this away. he had a big opportunity with his vice presidential selection. he had a big opportunity when he wrapped up the nomination. he added an opportunity by taking his foreign trip and then his convention.
states. no, they don't specifically transfer. if the president jumps nationally doesn't mean he's jumping in those states. but you can't move the numbers throughout the poll like these numbers have moved without florida, ohio, north carolina. those three stailt states are in the top ten states in terms of population. it's impossible for the president not to be improving in those lower values. romney insists some of these will fade. they insist it will fade some. but these numbers are alarm...
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symbols like the flag, like the constitution. i don't think having the obama states of america is a good thing. do i think mr. obama is unpatriotic because of this? no. i think both governor romney and president obama love this country and want to serve this country. but i don't like our national symbols being used as political paraphernalia and being sold as that. >> ladies, thanks to both of you for coming in. appreciate it. so who are the foreigners fighting alongside rebels in syria? we're going to the front lines of this deadly civil war. the pace of change is accelerating. the way we... perform, compete and grow. and people are driving this change. that's the power of human resources. the society... for human resource management and its members know... how to harness that power, because we help develop it. from the next economy, to the next generation, we help get... the most out of business, by getting the best out of people. shrm. leading people, leading organizations. as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but
symbols like the flag, like the constitution. i don't think having the obama states of america is a good thing. do i think mr. obama is unpatriotic because of this? no. i think both governor romney and president obama love this country and want to serve this country. but i don't like our national symbols being used as political paraphernalia and being sold as that. >> ladies, thanks to both of you for coming in. appreciate it. so who are the foreigners fighting alongside rebels in syria?...
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the oath that all of us take is to support and defend the constitution of the united states under which government is limited and the people are sovereign! that's what we do, that's who we are! [cheers and applause] in the experience of real life, the most important things we belong to, they have a very different hold on us. i'm catholic. not because anyone has ordered me to accept a creed, but because of the grace and truth revealed in my faith. and that's how we all feel about the faith that we hold. in the same way, we americans give ourselves to every kind of good cause. we do this for the simple reason that our hearts and conscience want to fill a place that someone else cannot fill. it is like that way in communities, too. the whole life of this nation is carried forward every day by the endless unselfish things people do for one another, without giving it much thought. in books, they call this civil society. in my own experience, i know it as -- as jainsville, wisconsin. -- janesville, wisconsin. [applause] janesville is a place like 10,000 others, where a lot of good happens wit
the oath that all of us take is to support and defend the constitution of the united states under which government is limited and the people are sovereign! that's what we do, that's who we are! [cheers and applause] in the experience of real life, the most important things we belong to, they have a very different hold on us. i'm catholic. not because anyone has ordered me to accept a creed, but because of the grace and truth revealed in my faith. and that's how we all feel about the faith that...
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>> it's an interesting thing because the supreme court of the united states in the case out of indiana held that voter i.d. laws are constitutional, as long as those voter i.d. laws are readily available. and a number of states have announced and put into effect voter i.d. laws. the court here that struck the texas law is unconstitutional. they thought disproportionate that couldn't get. that same court said it's a narrow ruling, it's appropriate to protect the integrity and liability of the electoral process to have photo i.d.'s shown when you vote. all of us do that, it's come on. the problem under texas law, those voters i.d.'s were not as easy to get as they were in some of the other states. texas has two options here, one is to go ahead and take this case up to the supreme court of the united states and see if the court will hear it or modify their law and make those i.d. laws more readily available and that is have them available at the department of motor vehicles, make sure they're free. make sure that the i.d.'s can be, even college student i.d.'s should be able to qualify and
>> it's an interesting thing because the supreme court of the united states in the case out of indiana held that voter i.d. laws are constitutional, as long as those voter i.d. laws are readily available. and a number of states have announced and put into effect voter i.d. laws. the court here that struck the texas law is unconstitutional. they thought disproportionate that couldn't get. that same court said it's a narrow ruling, it's appropriate to protect the integrity and liability of...
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nobody would have believed on september the 12th that the united states of america would not endure another attack. you made tough choices. you were attacked viciously by democrats for eight years. >> demonized. >> for making those choices. you were demonized as a man who hated the constitution. your hon you were demonized as a man who dared to put the most dangerous terrorists in the world at guantanamo bay. we had a candidate promising that he would abolish -- you know, get rid of gitmo within a year. go down the time line -- >> the problem is -- >> hold on. and now after getting the first briefing, we had a young president who realized that america wasn't protected by accident. that america was protected because of your policies, your policies that are now barack obama's policies. mr. president, barack obama can't say this to you, but we can. thank you for your service. thank you for keeping us safe. god bless america, salute, blah, blah, blah. standing ovation, he walks out. and they've handled it. and guess what? middle america would love that. snotty, sniveling northeast elites would
nobody would have believed on september the 12th that the united states of america would not endure another attack. you made tough choices. you were attacked viciously by democrats for eight years. >> demonized. >> for making those choices. you were demonized as a man who hated the constitution. your hon you were demonized as a man who dared to put the most dangerous terrorists in the world at guantanamo bay. we had a candidate promising that he would abolish -- you know, get rid of...
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of the united states. on this issue we will not yield; we will not equivocate. we will not rationalize, explain, or excuse. we will stand for e.r.a. and for the recognition at long last that our nation was made up of founding mothers as well as founding fathers. [cheers and applause] a fair prosperity and a just society are within our vision and our grasp, and we do not have every answer. there are questions not yet asked, waiting for us in the recesses of the future. but of this much we can be certain because it is the lesson of all of our history. together a president and the people can make a difference. i have found that faith still alive wherever i have traveled across this land. so let us reject the counsel of retreat and the call to reaction. let us go forward in the knowledge that history only helps those who help themselves. there will be setbacks and sacrifices in the years ahead. but i am convinced that we as a people are ready to give something back to our country in return for all it has given
of the united states. on this issue we will not yield; we will not equivocate. we will not rationalize, explain, or excuse. we will stand for e.r.a. and for the recognition at long last that our nation was made up of founding mothers as well as founding fathers. [cheers and applause] a fair prosperity and a just society are within our vision and our grasp, and we do not have every answer. there are questions not yet asked, waiting for us in the recesses of the future. but of this much we can be...